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Missouri at KentuckyOregon at StanfordAuburn at TennesseeHouston at UCFLSU at AlabamaOklahoma at BaylorArizona St. at UtahArkansas at Ole MissMississippi St. at Texas A&MBYU at WisconsinUSC at CaliforniaSyracuse at MarylandVirginia Tech at Miami (Fla.)Nebraska at MichiganNotre Dame at PittsburghUCLA at Arizona

#1 Alabama used missed opportunities by #13 LSU to hold them off early and overwhelm them in the 2nd half for a 38-17 win. #5 Stanford did it again to #3 Oregon handing them their first defeat 2 seasons in a row and strengthening their own position in the BCS with a 26-20 upset victory. #6 Baylor took control against #10 Oklahoma late in the first half and cruised to a 41-12 triumph. #8 Missouri crushed Kentucky 48-17. #9 Auburn had a big 2nd half against Tennessee and walked away winners 55-23. Virginia Tech stepped up against #11 Miami and won 42-24. #15 Texas A&M shot it out with Mississippi State and emerged victorious 51-41. #19 UCLA proved worthy against Arizona and edged out a 31-26 win. #21 UCF remained unbeaten taking down Houston 19-14 and keeping their BCS game hopes alive. #22 Arizona State just got by Utah 20-19. Pittsburgh upended #23 Notre Dame 28-21. #24 Wisconsin kept up their solid play by beating BYU 27-17. Ole Miss continued Arkansas and new coach Bret Bielema’s rough season 34-24, perhaps making him miss his great seasons leading Wisconsin. USC has been looking good after firing Lane Kiffin and California was their latest victim 62-28. Syracuse held down the Maryland offense and won 20-3. Nebraska looked strong against Michigan winning 17-13.

Solo and Underdog points were taken on Thursday night by illiniman and wwe for the Stanford upset of Oregon. Themonarch scored a bonus point for Virginia Techs win over Miami, srini was the only one to pick Pittsburgh over Notre Dame to earn a solo bonus point and favored UCLA earned gillyharold and Dizart solo bonus points.

Gillyharold missed the Thursday night games and didn't make a pick for the Texas A&M v Mississippi State game. He got default for the Thursday night games, which is the road teams and I gave him Texas A&M for that game because all other tippers had picked Texas A&M for that game.

The HoF went to illiniman14 with 12 correct and the spoon was shared by ozzz2002 and Sypher with 7.

Oklahoma St. at TexasWashington St. at ArizonaGeorgia at AuburnTexas Tech at Baylor *Michigan St. at NebraskaSyracuse at Florida St.Stanford at USCOregon St. at Arizona St.UCF at TempleAlabama at Mississippi St.TCU at Kansas St.West Virginia at KansasOhio St. at IllinoisFlorida at South CarolinaCincinnati at RutgersNorth Carolina at Pittsburgh

#1 Alabama won the defensive battle with Mississippi State 20-7. #2 Florida State was firing on all cylinders against Syracuse swatting them 59-3. #3 Ohio State ran up the score on Illinois 60-35. USC continued their brilliant mid-season run against #4 Stanford 20-17, leaving the PAC-12 looking from the outside in at the Championship game this year. #5 Baylor put up big numbers on reeling Texas Tech winning 63-34. #7 Auburn needed a miracle of their own to hold off #25 Georgia’s miraculous 4th quarter comeback 43-38. #10 South Carolina got by Florida 19-14. #12 Oklahoma State has woken up and remembered why there was talk of them in the Championship game this year, this time beating Texas 38-13. #16 Michigan State had to use offense instead of defense to top Nebraska 34-28. #17 UCF won again, barely this time against Temple 39-36. #19 Arizona State got their 8th win of the year by beating Oregon State 30-17. Washington State upset Arizona 24-17, who may have been caught looking ahead to next week’s match with #5 Oregon. Kansas State continued to salvage their slow start by topping TCU 33-31. Kansas ran into the Hyde form of West Virginia’s split personality winning31-19 and getting their first Big 12 win in 2 years. Cincinnati was too much for Rutgers defeating them 52-27. North Carolina didn’t let Pittsburgh enjoy their win over Notre Dame last week for long, beating them 34-27.

Solo and Underdog points were earned by ozzz for the Washington State upset of Arizona, gillyharold got a solo bonus point for the Kansas win over West Virginia and dg_dave got a bonus perfect pick bonus points for 13 right.

The HoF went to dg_dave for 13/16 and ozzz took the spoon with 7 right.

The underdog winners were Washington State, Kansas, USC and North Carolina.

Oregon at ArizonaWashington at Oregon St.Arizona St. at UCLAOklahoma at Kansas St.Texas A&M at LSUBaylor at Oklahoma St.Missouri at Ole MissNebraska at Penn St.Kentucky at GeorgiaEast Carolina at N. Carolina St.BYU at Notre DameVanderbilt at TennesseeMississippi St. at ArkansasConnecticut at TempleCalifornia at StanfordPittsburgh at Syracuse

#10 Oklahoma State Cowboys roped the #4 Baylor Bears and ended Baylor's hopes of a National Title, the early omen of doom for the Bear's came early as quarterback Bryce Petty stumbled on a sure TD inside the 5 and 2 plays later a fumble on the 1 yard line led to no points. Arizona put a hurting on #5 Oregon 42-16. #8 Missouri played a solid game and beat #24 Ole Miss 24-10. #9 Stanford beat a California team having a really down year 63-13. #22 LSU looked strong by smothering the powerful #12 Texas A&M offense, winning 34-10. #17 Arizona State won their place in the PAC-12 Championship game by holding off #14 UCLA 38-33. #20 Oklahoma weathered a 3 TD 2nd quarter by Kansas State and won easily 41-31. Washington overwhelmed Oregon State taking a 48-0 lead into the 4th quarter and a 69-27 win. Nebraska hung tough and topped Penn State in overtime 23-20. Georgia was too much Kentucky taking the game 59-17. East Carolina pulled off a double this year beating North Carolina State 42-28, after beating North Carolina earlier this year. Notre Dame got 2 1st quarter touchdowns against BYU and cruised to a 23-13 win. Vanderbilt won a defensive battle against Tennessee 14-10. Mississippi State needed overtime to top Arkansas 24-17. Connecticut got their first win of the year, coming back from a 21-0 halftime deficit against Temple, winning 28-21. Pittsburgh edged Syracuse 17-16.

Solo and Underdog points were taken by wwe84 for the Oklahoma State upset of Baylor. Ozzz2002 took Solo and Underdog points for the Oklahoma State win, as well as the Arizona win over Oregon and another Solo point for Connecticut's first win of the year, just missing the underdog point as Temple was only favored by 9 points.

The HoF went to BxBarracuda with a paltry 11/16 as HoFs go and the spoon was shared by N-Bomb and themonarch with 6. This week belonged to ozzz as the best tipper with his 10 correct picks to go along with 5 bonus points, setting 2 new weekly records regarding Bonus Points he had previously shared with gillyharold.

Washington St. at WashingtonOregon St. at OregonAlabama at AuburnNorthwestern at IllinoisBaylor at TCUArizona at Arizona St.UCLA at USCKansas St. at KansasVirginia Tech at VirginiaClemson at South CarolinaNotre Dame at StanfordDuke at North CarolinaOhio St. at MichiganTennessee at KentuckyGeorgia at Georgia TechFlorida St. at Florida

In a game that may become known as "The Second" #4 Auburn surprised #1 Alabama 34-28 on a run back of a missed Field Goal with 1 second left in regulation, that second had been put back on the clock by the replay booth, to win the “Iron Bowl” and took home the James E. Foy, V-ODK Sportsmanship Trophy in this game first played in 1893. #2 Florida State had little trouble with Florida handling them a 37-7 defeat, these 2 schools have played each other since 1958, and the Florida Cup which includes Miami (FL) has been vied for since 2002 and was taken by the Seminoles this year. #3 Ohio State played the game of the week against Michigan winning “The Game” which has been fought out since 1897, winning a back and forth game 42-41 stopping a Michigan 2 point try late in the game to seal the victory. In the “Palmetto Bowl” #10 South Carolina was triumphant for the 5th year in a row in this this match up first contested in 1896 over #6 Clemson 31-17. #8 Stanford won a hard fought battle with Notre Dame 27-20 and take the Legends Trophy, they first met up in 1925 #9 Baylor squeaked by TCU 41-38 in a game that has been around since 1899. #12 Arizona State won the right to host the PAC-12 Championship game by defeating Arizona 51-28 to take the Territorial Cup, these teams first played each other in 1899. #13 Oregon edged Oregon State 36-35 in the “Civil War” to take the Platypus Trophy, these teams first met in 1894. #22 UCLA beat arch rival #23 USC 35-14 to earn the Victory Bell, these teams have played each other starting in 1929. Normally this game is only a big deal when it comes to College Basketball, but in a big game #24 Duke won their way into the ACC Championship game with a 27-25 victory over North Carolina to earn their own Victory Bell, these teams have faced off since 1888, the Blue Devils also swept the “Tobacco Road Rivalry” by also beating N.C. State and Wake Forest this season. Northwestern snapped out of their funk and topped Illinois 37-34 to win the Land of Lincoln Trophy, they first met on the gridiron in 1892. Washington beat Washington State for the Apple Cup in rivalry started in 1900 by a score of 27-24. Kansas State became bowl eligible by outscoring Kansas 31-10 in Governor's Cup, a match up that has been played since 1902. Virginia Tech’s used tough defense to top Virginia 16-6 and take the Commonwealth Cup in a series that originated in 1895. Tennessee was better than Kentucky by a score of 27-14 in a game that has been around since 1893. Georgia and Georgia Tech met tin the “Clean, Old Fashioned Hate Game” for the Governor's Cup and the Bulldogs came back to top the Yellow Jackets in overtime 41-24 and the game originated in 1893.

Underdog points went to Bx, dg_dave and Dizart for their pick of Auburn over Alabama. Those 3 along with Gillyharold and Sypher also picked up perfect pick bonus points. Dizart earned his perfect pick bonus point by literally being perfect and picking all 16 games correct.

Dizart left no chance he wouldn't win the HoF by picking all 16 games right, and ozzz took the spoon with 6. Dizart also vaults into the season lead with 3 rounds left.

#1 Florida State didn’t score in the 1st Quarter against #20 Duke, but they still took the ACC Championship game 45-7, solidifying their position for the BCS Championship game in January. #10 Michigan State’s defense had to face its toughest test in #2 Ohio State and the Spartans were down 24-20 going into the 4th quarter, but they dug deep and didn’t allow another point as the offense was able to put up 14 for a 34-24 win, the Big Ten Championship and a trip to the Rose Bowl. In an uncharacteristic SEC Championship game where both teams scored over 10 points per quarter through 3 quarters #3 Auburn got the only 14 points in the 4th quarter to defeat #5 Missouri 59-42, as Auburn running back Tre Mason ran for over 300 yards in the game. #17 Oklahoma was even quarter by quarter with #6 Oklahoma State though 3 Quarters and after the Cowboys took a 4 point lead with 1:46 left, Oklahoma scored with 19 seconds left to take the lead and got some icing for the cake on the final play of the game on a defensive touchdown to win the Bedlam Bell 33-24. #7 Stanford went into #11 Arizona State and manhandled them 38-14. #9 Baylor was able to secure the Big 12 title this year following Oklahoma’s win earlier in the day by defeating #25 Texas 30-10. Bowling Green spoiled #14 Northern Illinois hopes of a second BCS Bowl game to win the MAC Championship 47-27, putting up 14 plus points in 3 quarters. #16 UCF earned their way into a BCS Bowl with 14 points in the 3rd quarter to defeat SMU 17-14, they won the first ever American Athletic Conference, which was formally the Big East. #19 Louisville needed a 4th quarter comeback and touchdown in overtime to get a win over Cincinnati 31-24. #23 Fresno State bounced back from their first loss of the year to beat Utah State 24-17 and win the Mountain West title. Rice takes the Conference USA title over Marshall 41-24, ending a drought since their last title outright title in 1957. After starting out 0-9 UCONN won their 3rd straight divisional game 45-10 over Memphis. Rutgers finished on a good note with a 31-6 win over South Florida. South Alabama put up 30 1st half points and got a 30-8 win over Louisiana-Lafayette. Southern used a touchdown in overtime to avenge their early season loss to Jackson State to take the SWAC title from them 34-27. Through snow, sleet, wind and freezing rain the cadets from the Navy and Army faced off in their annual gridiron battle, the Navy has won the last 11 meetings and this year was no different as the Midshipmen prevailed 34-7 over the Black Knights, this game was first played in 1890 and the Navy holds the series lead (58-49) with 7 games ending in ties, with this win the Naval Academy also won the Commander-in-Chief's trophy for the 2nd year in row and 9th time in 11 years, which is also competed for with the Air Force Academy.

Ozzz2002 grabbed all the bonus points this round, starting with a solo point for the Bowling Green upset of Northern Illinois and then getting an underdog point as well as a solo point for the Oklahoma upset of Oklahoma State.

George95 takes the HoF with a 12, which moves him back into 2nd place and only 1 point behind leader Dizart, who shared the spoon with Sypher, paper_aero and wwe84 this week with 8's.

Welcome cubswin2323, you've entered the competition at the wildest time of the year.

Mountain West Champion Fresno State had a good year but USC was too much for them in the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl 45-20. East Carolina got to 10 wins this season with a 37-20 victory over Ohio in the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl St. Petersburg. Oregon State topped Boise State in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl 38-23. Pittsburgh edged MAC Champion Bowling Green 30-27 in the Little Caesar’s Bowl. Utah State had a coming out party to the country by handling BCS Bowl hopeful Northern Illinois 21-14 in the San Diego County Poinsettia Bowl. Marshall bounced back from their loss in the Conference USA Championship game and outscored Maryland 31-20 in the Military Bowl Presented by Northrup Grumman. Minnesota had a good year but they ran into Syracuse in the Texas Bowl and lost 21-17. The Fight Hunger Bowl was taken by Washington for topping BYU 31-16. Rutgers hung around with Notre Dame for the first half of the New Era Pinstripe Bowl but fell to the Fighting Irish 29-16. North Carolina was too strong for Cincinnati in the Belk Bowl getting a 39-17 win. The Russell Athletic Bowl had Louisville capping off a 12 win 1 loss season by beating Miami (FL) 36-9. The Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl had two teams who under achieved this year face off, with Kansas State finishing the season on a high note winning 31-14 over Michigan. Navy manhandled Middle Tennessee 24-6 in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. The Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl saw Ole Miss end up with a victory over Georgia Tech 25-17. Oregon played strong and smothered Texas 30-7 in the Valero Alamo Bowl, which ended up being Mack Brown’s last game as head coach of the Longhorns. The National University Holiday Bowl had the biggest surprise of this round as Texas Tech shocked Arizona State 37-24.

Ozzz2002 gets the only bonus point of the week for his solo pick of Syracuse, we all missed the solo and underdog points which could have been earned if any of us had picked Texas Tech.

dg_dave takes the HoF with 12 and cubswin gets to an inauspicious start with his first spoon with a 6.

dg_dave takes the top spot on the ladder, leading Dizart and George95 by 1, with 1 week to go and they are 6 clear of 4th place.

I doubt it's me...I was atop the leader board the first year with one week to go and then didn't even make podium, if I remember correctly.

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The way to get things done is NOT to mind who gets the credit for doing them. --Benjamin JowettNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor RooseveltThe day we lose our will to fight is the day we lose our freedom.

My apologies for being lax on this one, the after holidays business at work has made me not want to look at a computer much at home. That and getting the write ups done. I'll have everything completed on Saturday.

Originally Posted By: Dizart

and the winner is?????

I can say it was between three people, two of which I'm replying to here, and that it came down to a tie breaker.

Originally Posted By: dg_dave

I doubt it's me...I was atop the leader board the first year with one week to go and then didn't even make podium, if I remember correctly.

It came down to the three people being tied going into the last game.

I'll have to check my records for the competition, but I think in the first year illiniman and gtho4 were decently ahead of the field and I could never catch them from 3rd place.

This year we had 3 tippers who had never made the podium in this competition occupy all 3 places. Congratulations to George95 for winning this years competition, Dizart finished 2nd and dg_dave took the final podium spot. George95 and Dizart tied for the most correct picks and George won the HoF minus Wooden Spoon count back 6-2.

Write up to come.

Wwe grabbed 3 bonus points, a solo and underdog bonus point for UCFs win over Baylor and an underdog bonus point for the Oklahoma win over Alabama. Gillyharold grabbed a perfect pick bonus point for 13 correct and an underdog bonus point for the Oklahoma win over Alabama. Paper_aero also grabbed an underdog point for the Oklahoma win and ozzz2002 grabbed a solo pick bonus point for the Arkansas State win over Ball State.

Gillyharold finished the season with the HoF for 13 correct and paper_aero ended on a down note with the spoon for a 6.

I'm impressed I even made the podium! Well done to Dizart and George95.

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The way to get things done is NOT to mind who gets the credit for doing them. --Benjamin JowettNo one can make you feel inferior without your consent. --Eleanor RooseveltThe day we lose our will to fight is the day we lose our freedom.